What does tholos mean?
Tholos means A dome, or domed building; a cupola..
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/ˈθɒlɒs/ · noun
A dome, or domed building; a cupola..
On the way they pointed out the tennis court and the old summerhouse, a mock tholos, Doric by way of Pompeii, and Stanford White, and (said Francis, who was scornful of this Victorian effort at classicism) D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. De Mille.
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Tholos means A dome, or domed building; a cupola..
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On the way they pointed out the tennis court and the old summerhouse, a mock tholos, Doric by way of Pompeii, and Stanford White, and (said Francis, who was scornful of this Victorian effort at classicism) D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. De Mille.
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